WEBVTT THERE ARE ALOT OF DECISIONS TO BE MADEBEFORE IT IS FINAL.TODD MAGEL, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA'SNEWS LEADER. STEVE: ONE WAS BITTEN - THEOTHER WAS CUT. 2 DES MOINESPOLICE OFFICERS WERE TAKEN TOTHE HOSPITAL TONIGHT - AFTERRESPONDING TO A DOMESTICDISTURBANCE. ITHAPPENED THIS EVENING AT 1515EVERGREEN AVENUE. POLICE SAY A MAN CONFRONTED THEOFFICERS.THEN AN ALTERCATION TOOK PLACEA FEMALE OFFICERS WAS BITTEN -AND A MALE OFFICER SUFFERED ACUT TO HIS HAND. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW THE OFFICERS

Officers bitten, cut during domestic disturbance investigation

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Updated: 10:27 PM CDT Jul 17, 2017

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Police say one officer was bitten and another was cut Monday while responding to reports of a domestic disturbance in Des Moines.

Officers were dispatched to the 1515 Evergreen Avenue on reports of a domestic disturbance when an altercation took place.

Des Moines police told KCCI that a male at the scene refused to cooperate with officers and that a female officer was bitten in the hand while a male officer suffered a cut to the hand.

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It is unclear how the officers sustained the injuries.

Police said the man involved was arrested and that both officers injured in the incident were taken to the hospital for treatment.